| DEARDEAR | I am sorry, darling (repeatedly) |
| PAENITET | Me ____: I am sorry, I repent (impersonal verb) |
| AMIGO | I am sorry to leave a friend (5) |
| SALAMI | I am, sorry to say, returning this sausage (6) |
| PENITENT | I, confined with ten others, am sorry (8) |
| REPENTATLEISURE | I release pet, turn out, am sorry later (6,2,7) |
| EXPLAIN | "You ask how much I need you, must I ...? I need you, oh my darling, like roses need rain," sang Joh |
| NATKING | "That's why, darling, it's incredible; That someone so unforgettable; Thinks that I am unforgettable |
| INEED | "You ask how much ... you, must I explain? I need you, oh my darling, like roses need rain," sang Jo |
| DAYIN | "The same old pounding in my heart whenever I think of you; And darling I think of you, ... and day |
| PHILANDERING | I phone darling, exuding love, naughtily flirting (12) |
| GRIMACE | "Darling, I'm to be gripped lower" (7) |
| ADMIRINGLY | My darling and I intertwine with desire (10) |
| UNCHAINEDMELODY | "Oh, my love, my darling, I've hungered for your touch a long, lonely time," sang Jimmy Young in thi |
| AVENUE | Eva Gabor starred in the TV comedy series Green Acres and sang: "Darling I love you but give me Park |
| OVULATION | I appreciate that, darling, nothing turns one on - it happens once a month! (9) |
| LILI | "Darling ___" (Julie Andrews film) |
| AIME | "Darling, Je Vous ___ Beaucoup" (Nat King Cole song) |
| ITSSOYOU | "Darling, that dress looks divine!" |
| PURPLERAIN | "Take Me With U," "The Beautiful Ones," "Darling Nikki" |
